Rig Veda 5.7.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 7, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.7
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify per anukramaṇī for RV 5.7)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (verse length suggests non-Triṣṭubh; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सखायः सं वः सम्यञ्चमिषं स्तोमं चाग्नये । वर्षिष्ठाय क्षितीनामूर्जो नप्त्रे सहस्वते ॥
Transliteration
sákhāyaḥ sáṃ vaḥ samyáñcam íṣaṃ stómaṃ ca agnáye | várṣiṣṭhāya kṣitīnā́m ūrjó náptre sáhasvate ||
Translation
O comrades, gather together your rightly-directed impulsion and your hymn for Agni, the most powerful among the dwellers, the offspring of the Force of plenitude, the mighty one.
Word by Word
सखायःO friends / companions
सखायः:
सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (आह्वानार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (समवाय/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वःof you / to you
वः:
सम्बन्ध/सम्प्रदान (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
सम्यञ्चम्well-directed, fitting
सम्यञ्चम्:
कर्म (इषम् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्यञ्च्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सम्’ + ‘अञ्च्’)
इषम्refreshment, nourishment (sacrificial food/oblation)
इषम्:
कर्म (आहुत्यादि-रूपा ‘इष्’)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोमम्hymn of praise
स्तोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अग्नयेfor Agni
अग्नये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्षिष्ठायto the most excellent / best
वर्षिष्ठाय:
सम्प्रदान (अग्नये विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्षिष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृध्/वृष्’ इत्यादि-सम्बद्ध, अतिशयार्थक -इष्ठ)
क्षितीनाम्of the peoples / of the dwellings
क्षितीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (नप्त्रे विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्जःof strength, of nourishment
ऊर्जः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा- (प्रातिपदिक)
नप्त्रेto the grandson/descendant (epithet: Agni as ‘offspring’)
नप्त्रे:
सम्प्रदान (अग्नये समानाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootनप्तृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्वतेto the mighty/strong one
सहस्वते:
सम्प्रदान (अग्नये विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्वत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सहस्’ + -वत्)
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